Die for tying intersecting wires.



No. 747,286. PATENTED DEG. 15, 190s. s. s. WITHINGTON.

DIE PoR TYING INTERSEGTING WIRES.

APPLIGATIUN FILED AUG. 20, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES :Patented December 15, 1903.

PATENT CEEICE.

SHERMAN S. WITHINGTON, OF ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

DIE FOR TYING INTERSECTING WIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 747,286, dated December15, 1903. Application filed August 20, 1903. Serial No. 170.141. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN S. WITHING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Adrian, in the county of Lenawee, State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dies for TyingIntersecting Wires; and I do declare the following to bea full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates unit-ingintersectingwires, especially adapted foruse in the making of wire fencing; and it consists in the constructionand arrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outparticularly in the claims.

The object of the invention4 is to provide means for confining theintersecting wires of a wire fence or fabric in a manner to permit ofthe driving of a staple around said cross- Wires to unite or tie themtogether, the arrangement Vbeing such as to direct the legs of thestaple in forming the' tie for the intersecting wires in a manner toobviate any abrupt departures from a general course in a given directionand at the same time firmly unite said wires.

The above object is attained by the structure illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in whichl Figure l is a perspective view of theworking face of One of the dies between which the cross-wires areunited. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the working face of the other ofsaid dies. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the dies with theirworking faces together, showing between them the cross-wires and the tiein position thereon. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal section throughsaid dies as on line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view showingthe cross-wires united by the tie-Wire, which is driven in positionbetween the dies. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view in perspective of the endof one of the dies looking from the opposite direction to that of Fig.2.

Referring to the characters of reference, 1 designates a die having thegreater portion to dies for tying or of its face dat, but provided atone end with a raised shoulder 2. Formed in the face of the die are theparallel channels 3, which are concaved or depressed near their centralportion and which unite at one end in an inclined plane 4, that 4leadsupwardly to the face of the die. The opposite ends of the channels 3terminate in the channels 5, which are formed in the vertical face ofthe raised portion 2 and curve inwardly or toward each other and leadinto the slot 6, cut vertically through said raised portion. Crossingthe parallel channels 3 is a transverse groove '7, adapted to receiveone of the cross-wires 8. Crossing the groove 7 at right angles is asecond groove 9, which lies centrally between the channels 3 andterminates at one end in the slot said groove 9 being adapted to receivethe other of the cross-wires 10. The opposite die 11 is provided with aninclined way 12 for the reception of the driving-plunger, (not shown,)which is employed to force the tying-staple into position and whoseinner end when the dies are placed together registers with the incline 4in the die 1. Crossing the face of die 11 is a groove 13, whichregisters with groove 7 in the rstmentioned die. Crossing the groove 13at right angles is a short groove 14, which is adapted to register withgroove 9 in die l. In' the face of die 11 is an oset 15, adapted toreceive the raised portion 2 of the opposite die when said dies areplaced together, and formed in the vertical face 16 of said odset (seeFig. 6) are the downwardly-curved channels 17, which are adapted toregister with the channels 5 in the vertical face of the shoulder 2.

The tie 18, which unites the cross-strands 8 and l0, is in the form of astaple, and when the dies are placed together upon the crosswires whichlie in the registering grooves 7 and 13 and 9 and 14 and the staple ortie is forced into the dies through the inclined Way 12 the legs of saidstaple are directed by said incline and the incline 4 into the parallelchannels 3 under the Wire 8. A further inward movement of the staplewill cause its legs to enter the channels 5 in the vertical face of theshoulder 2 and the channels 17 in the vertical face 16 of the ofset inthe opposite die, whereby the legs of said staple IOO are curvedinwardly across the wire and cross each other, the terminal of one beingdirected from the channel 17 on one side into the channel 19 across andupon the outside of the opposite leg of the staple, while the oppositechannel 17 directs said opposite leg of the staple across channel 19 andinto channel 20, whereby the terminals of the JLie are bent down wardlyupon each side of the crosswire 10, as shown at 2l in Fig. 5, completingthe operation of uniting the wires 8` and 10. By forming the channels 5in the Vertical face of the shoulder 2 and the corresponding channels 17in the vertical face of the odset the legs of the staple may be forcedacross the wire 10 and caused to lie across each other, with their endportions curved inwardly, so as not to leave any sharp ends projectingfrom the knot, at the same time uniting the cross-wires in a verysubstantial manner.

Having thus fully set forth'my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A die for tying intersecting wires comprising opposed members, one ofwhich is provided with a raised shoulder and with parallel channelsformed in the face thereof, said member also having an inclined way withwhich one end of each of said parallel channels communicates and having`converging channelsin the vertical face of said raised portion withwhich the opposite ends of the parallel channels communicate, andcrossgrooves in the face of said member for the reception of thecross-wires to be tied, the opposite member having an offset to receivethe raised port-ion of the first-mentioned member, and having in thevertical face thereof,

channels which register with the channels in the vertical face of saidraised portion, said last-mentioned member having an inclined way andcross-grooves adapted to register with the crossgrooves in saidfirst-mentioned member.

2. In a die for uniting intersecting wires, the combination of a diemember having a raised shoulder and a fiat working face below the planeof said shoulder, channels for directing the tying-staple formed in theflat face of said memberand extendinginto the'vertical face of saidshoulder, an opposed die member having an offset in its working faceadapted to receive the shoulder of the first-mentioned member, thevertical face of said offset having channels therein adapted to registerwith the channels in the vertical face of said shoulder, each of the diemembers having registering cross-grooves adapted to receive the wires-tobe joined.

3. A die for uniting intersecting wires comprising opposed members,oneof which has a raised shoulder and the other of which has an odsetadapted to receive said shoulder, cross-grooves in the meeting faces ofsaid members adapted to receive the intersecting wires, channels in themeeting faces of said members adapted to direct the tying-staple aroundsaid wires, said channels extending into the vertical faces of saidraised portion and of saidoffset in opposed relation.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

SHERMAN S. WITHINGTON.

' Witnesses:

PAUL H. SMITH, J. N. SAMPsoN.

